H-P Faces Probe
Over Its Inquiry
Into Board Leaks

California Attorney General Bill Lockyer said his office has been conducting an investigation into how Hewlett-Packard Co. traced phone records of its board members last year, and that while he isn't sure yet whether there was criminal activity by people acting on the company's behalf, the activity was "colossally stupid."

Mr. Lockyer's remarks came amid a widening furor over an H-P probe of boardroom leaks surrounding the ouster of former Chairman and Chief Executive Carly Fiorina. Revelations about tactics used...